Alex Purvis

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[Greg Zumach @IvyFutures]

This is an outstanding call by Alex Cohen.
You could feel the energy of the moment

[Austin @BadTakeMen]

What do Brewers fans at this game think during this?

This is one of the loudest crowd pops at an away stadium I’ve heard lol

[Paula Pant @AffordAnything]

There's no freeze on property tax.

There's no freeze on the wages paid to landscapers, plumbers, electricians, drywallers, flooring installers.

There's no freeze on the cost of lumber, copper, baseboard, quarter rounds, flashing, siding, window treatments.

There's no freeze on the wages paid to janitors or porters.

There's no freeze on utilities -- on electric, gas, water, sewer (building-paid utilities in hallways, lobbies, maintenance corridors; most buildings pay water and sewer for tenants).

There are currently 57,421 units sitting vacant in NYC because it's more cost-effective to leave them empty than it is to rent them out.

If you're wondering: "How that could be possible? Wouldn't making anything be better than making nothing?" -- the answer is no, because of the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act.

The HSTPA mandated a certain level of renovation for a vacant unit, but did not allow landlords to raise the rent enough to be able to recoup those costs.

If a long-term tenant moves out after decades, the apartment often requires $50,000 to $100,000 in lead abatement, new wiring, plumbing, and structural renovations.

Because the law heavily restricts how much of that cost can be passed to the next tenant.

The HSPTA eliminated the "vacancy bonus" (which allowed automatic 20% rent increases when a tenant left) and heavily capped Individual Apartment Improvements (IAIs).

This means landlords who want a renovation loan would be rejected by a bank, because the landlord would not be able to show that they could repay that loan.

Landlords who pay out-of-pocket would end up losing money, underperforming even what they could get by putting their money in a U.S. Treasury or gov't bond.

Therefore, it's more cost-effective to just leave the unit vacant.

That's why we have 57,421 vacant units across New York right now.

That number is about to get much worse.

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

I hate a lotta things. But the gd Brewers take the cake

[Thomas Nestico @TJStats]

Team Fielding Run Value

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

@unusual_whales Can he disappear?

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

Truck stop unis👎🏼

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

Baseball jargon code for bing ass

[Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN]

Cubs place struggling reliever Phil Maton on the IL with a recurring knee ailment.

[Taylor Greenhut @TGreenhutOD]

Some won’t like this, but the results of what the owners want would result in the type of league 90% of fans want to see.

It’s not about wanting the owners to make more money. It’s not about the wanting the players to make unlimited money. Both sides are equally greedy and neither side actually cares about us, the fans.

I’m for the fans. The fans of Atlanta, of course, but also the fans of teams like the Reds, Dodgers, Rays, Mets, etc. Every fanbase deserves to enter a season at least with a glimmer of hope of success, but that is not the case in today’s MLB.

You can blame some owners for that, and you’d be somewhat right. You can blame some players for that, and you’d be somewhat right.

The byproduct of what the owners want just happens to align with the type of league I, and most fanbases, would like to see. It’s just that simple.

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

Stay hot, end the weekend 3.5 out of first🙏🏼

[Chief Cub @ChiefCub]

Find a way to win another baseball game today.

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

Phil Maton looks like a Mets reliever🤦‍♂️

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

Soto makes a lot of money to ground out to second there😬

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

@MLB This seems logical and fair👍🏼

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

@Cubskickass100 Need arms. Will be better with the Cubs def behind him.
Prob need one more starter. IL stints getting insane.

Was behind the dugout last night at Citi. Seiya looked like he was hobbling a bit

[Just Baseball @JustBB_Media]

Dansby Swanson just 6 games ago vs. today:

7 HR ➡️ 11 HR
28 RBI ➡️ 46 RBI
6 SB ➡️ 10 SB
.306 SLG ➡️ .385 SLG
.587 OPS ➡️ .688 OPS
68 wRC+ ➡️ 93 wRC+
1.1 fWAR ➡️ 2.1 fWAR

An unreal heater from Dansby 🔥

[MLB @MLB]

Dansby Swanson CRUSHES a GRAND SLAM!

He has 3 home runs and 11 RBI over his last 2 games against the Mets 🤯

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

Have a day, Dans🫡

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

This is too much😭

[104.3 The Score @thescorechicago]

Cubs lose another starting pitcher. 😞

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

Watching this heater is a reminder of how crazy Sosa’s 20hr June was 🤯

[Just Baseball @JustBB_Media]

PCA IS AUTOMATIC!

TEN home runs in June 🐻

[Alex Purvis @purv44]

PCA…..hottest hitter in the world rn🙌🏻🫡🔥🔥🔥🔥